Food shortages and aid cuts put more displaced women at risk of gender-based violence
Around the world, forcibly displaced women and girls are bearing the brunt of deteriorating economies, rising prices and a lack of funding for humanitarian responses. By Kristy Siegfried | 25 November 2022 Roda Jock*, a 28-year-old South Sudanese refugee who fled to...
Displaced people from climate frontlines raise their voices at COP27
At this year’s climate summit, displaced people warned that their attempts to adapt to the changing climate are being overwhelmed by repeated extreme weather events. By Kristy Siegfried | 18 November 2022 As talks at this year’s UN Climate Conference – COP27 –...
UNHCR: Refugees and displaced people need seats at COP28 table
This is a summary of what was said by Andrew Harper, Special Advisor on Climate Action to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As COP27 today wraps in...